Mother to Be by Cheryl Reavis

Author:Cheryl Reavis [Reavis, Cheryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Navajo Indians
ISBN: 9780373241026
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1997-04-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Who are you?"

"I'm a doctor," he said.

"You aren't paying attention," Lillian said. "The question was who, 'not what.'"

He laughed. "I think you've returned to the living, Ms. Singer. I need you to lie still for a little while longer – "

"How did I get in here?" she asked, because she was lying on the living-room couch and she didn't remember making the trip. The last thing she remembered was...

She didn't really remember a last thing, and she abruptly tried to sit up.

"Wait, wait, wait – I'm not done with your head," he said, putting his hands on her shoulders to make her lie back down again. "You hit the floor pretty hard. You've got a nice goose egg on your forehead, and a small laceration. I'm going to close that with a butterfly, okay? When was your last tetanus shot?"

"Last year – before I went on vacation to Mexico," she said, encouraged by the fact that she could remember something, at least. "Who are you?" she asked again.

"Junie Blair's first cousin," he said. "She thought she was going to have to bury your body in the flower bed, so she called me."

"Junie Blair?"

"She prefers to be called J.B."

"I don't blame her – Ow!" she said, because of the pressure he used to make the "butterfly" adhesive stick.

"Sorry."

"Does Junie Blair's first cousin have a name?" she asked.

"Why? Do you want to sue me?"

"Oh, great. The first cousin does lawyer jokes."

"It helps in my line of work, believe me. Any idea why you fainted?"

"Fainted?" Lillian said.

"According to J.B., you toppled like you'd been hit on the head with an anvil."

"I can't – I don't remember fainting."

"Ever fainted before?"

"Never," she said. She did know that with certainty.

"Any chance you could be pregnant?"

“Pregnant!”

"Pregnancy can be a major cause of first-time fainting," he said. "And Junie seems to think you and Stuart Dennison – "

"Junie is gravely mistaken."

"When was your last period?"

"None of your business."

"And how do you feel now?"

"Like I'm going to throw up – but that's because of the chili rellenos."

"Try to aim for the floor and not me, okay?" he said, unimpressed.

"I don't know what's wrong with me," she murmured, reaching up to gingerly touch the bandage he'd just put on her forehead.

"Well, these things happen," he said, "particularly in highly charged emotional situations."

"What?" Lillian said vaguely.

He didn't explain his remark. "How long since you've eaten?"

"I don't know."

"What about the chili things?"

"I didn't eat those – I was riding in the car with them. They're over there in that box," she added because of his skeptical look. "I guess the last time I ate was lunchtime. No, not lunchtime. I went to buy a baby gift during the lunch recess. Court was ready to convene when I got back."

"Well, okay, then. If you're sure it can't be pregnancy, going that long without food and having an argument with Junie Blair sounds like it could be faint-inducing to me."

"I wasn't arguing with Junie Blair. I was trying to find out – " She didn't quite remember what she'd been trying to find out.

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